{ "Id": "31504181-9e4c-4fed-858a-6ae19ff17975", "Title": "Destra\u0027s Dance with Death", "SessionDate": "2026-04-16T00:00:00", "GameDate": { "Day": 24, "Month": "Istenarum", "Year": 3322 }, "Author": "Logan", "Text": "As the party finished up their buying and selling, the shopkeeper ushered them out so they could go an join in the celebrations going on. As they began to head towards the mansion Grestia once called home, Dheir got bumped into, suddenly become stricken with a desire to dance non-stop. In response, Cassian cast Dispel magic on her, failing the first time but casting it again managed to break the effect she was fighting. Cas then used a Detect Magic in an attempt to locate the source, determining that the whole of the town had an enchanting aura moving through the space. With this the group moved away from the dancers to try and find some sort of source. During this, Pebble the Space Goose laid another egg.\r\n\r\nDheir realized she heard a bell while dancing, and Xedran recalled a bell at the local church to Eldion (and then the Dicemaker, but now back to Eldion). They all rushed over to the building, Cassian shifted into an owl to swiftly get up to the bell and cast Dispel Magic, frustrating him with another failure as the enchantment on the bell clung strongly to it. Xedran shouted for him to move (and so he began rushing down the stairs) and then cast the Shatter spell, causing damage to some of the bell tower, but none to the bell itself and not enough to cause it to fall. Cass climbed back up and used the Stone Shape spell to mold the stone into a shell around the exterior of the bell to hold it still and then pulled off the clapper within it to keep it silenced. \r\n\r\nUnfortunately for the group, the Shatter spell caused the bell to ring out just before that, the sound triggering the enchantment and bringing Haize and Dheir under the influence of it. Cassian reconvened with the group and ritual cast Detect Magic in an attempt to determine if the enchantment weakened or if another source revealed itself. While it did weaken, the effects were still potent. He, Xedran, and Saxon decided to make their way to the manor to search for clues about what is causing the effect while Haize and Dheir helplessly danced.\r\n\r\nAs the trio (\u002B Saxon\u0027s Menagerie) reached the mansion grounds, Cas\u0027s spell detected a stone ornamentation on top of the fountain before the manse giving off a similar magical glow. After some discussion on how to destroy it (without Cass wasting more spells), Saxon took it upon themselves to rush up, jump, and push the object off the statue. It fell and the magic seemed to disperse (or at least no longer be active). With the second object no longer radiating magic, Cass could see distinct magic waves spreading around the town allowing him to lead them to the next objects.\r\n\r\n\t- They found a house with a small doll enchanted on the second floor, while Cass tried to find something to burn it in, Saxon just tossed it to Kitt who instantly ripped it apart. \r\n\t- The came to a quarry in town with a boulder on the ground within it, runes seemed to be carved into it near the bottom. Cassian cast Stone Shape to fill the carving with stone from beneath it, causing them to lose their potency.\r\n\t- Finally they came to a Blacksmiths\u0027 shop. There a hammer in a statue\u0027s hand was the culprit. Saxon pulled it out of the carved hand, Cass dispelled the magic on it, allowing Saxon to break the thing, removing the enchantment\u0027s power.\r\n\r\nWith that, all of the objects causing the Dance were stopped, the people (that hadn\u0027t already passed out from exhaustion) were free to move how they wished. The trio (\u002B Menagerie) reunited with Haize and Dheir. After they made their way to the mansion to see if anything of interest laid within. As they reached the gates, the egg of Pebble hatched into a small grey ooze. It was quickly defeated after it became aggressive. Cassian made his way to manse as the others calmed down from their fight with the ooze\u2026.\r\n", "Active": true }